2 Kings 16:4

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But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.	And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.	Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome [him].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he sacrificed^H2076 and burnt incense^H6999 in the high places^H1116, and on the hills^H1389, and under every green^H7488 tree^H6086.

Original Hebrew

וַיְזַבֵּחַ וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמֹות וְעַל־הַגְּבָעֹות וְתַחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְזַבֵּ֧חַ	va/y.za.Be.ach	H2076	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he sacrificed
וַ/יְקַטֵּ֛ר	va/y.ka.Ter	H6999	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he made smoke
בַּ/בָּמ֖וֹת	ba./ba.Mot	H1116	HRd/Ncfpa	at the/ high places
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
הַ/גְּבָע֑וֹת	ha./ge.va.'ot	H1389	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ hills
וְ/תַ֖חַת	ve./Ta.chat	H8478	HC/R	and/ under
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
עֵ֥ץ	'etz	H6086	HNcmsa	tree
רַעֲנָֽן	ra.'a.Nan	H7488	HAamsa	luxuriant

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
H1389 — גִּבְעָה (gibʻâh, ghib-aw'): feminine from the same as גֶּבַע; a hillock; hill, little hill.
H2076 — זָבַח (zâbach, zaw-bakh'): a primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice); kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
H6999 — קָטַר (qâṭar, kaw-tar'): a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship); burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
H7488 — רַעֲנָן (raʻănân, rah-an-awn'): from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous; green, flourishing.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

on the hills — Deuteronomy 12:2, 1 Kings 14:23, Isaiah 57:5-7, Isaiah 65:4, Isaiah 66:17, Jeremiah 17:2, Ezekiel 20:28-29

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